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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAm sure it's only ME (as usual) but Adirondack chairs are a pain in the bejeesus neck
Maybe I'm OCD, maybe I --------- whatever. I hate these chairs.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adirondack_chair
The Adirondack chair (in Canada, more commonly called a Muskoka chair) is a simple chair made of wood or man made materials, generally used outdoors. Originally made with 11 flat wooden boards, it features a straight back and seat and wide armrests. The advent of various man made materials have allowed for this style of chair to be made from polymers and other hard impact plastics.
The first Adirondack chair was designed by Thomas Lee while vacationing in Westport, New York, in the Adirondack Mountains in 1903. Needing outdoor chairs for his summer home, he tested his early efforts on his family. After arriving at a final design for a "Westport plank chair", he offered it to a carpenter friend in Westport in need of a winter income, Harry Bunnell.[1] Bunnell saw the commercial potential of such an item being offered to Westport's summer residents, and apparently without asking Lee's permission filed for and received U.S. patent #794,777 in 1905.[2] Bunnell manufactured hemlock plank "Westport chairs" for the next twenty years, painted in green or medium dark brown, and individually signed by him.
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csziggy
(34,139 posts)For me with my short legs and top heavy torso, getting out of those thing is worse than trying to get out of a bucket. They are too long from knee to butt, worse than most other chairs, and with the backward slanting seat, they are almost impossible for me to get out of.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)I first tried one when I was about 20. Hard as hell to get out of back then, impossible now. Way too low to the ground.
csziggy
(34,139 posts)Hated them as a little kid and more so as I grew up. These days there is no way I would sit in one even if were the only choice!
2naSalit
(86,918 posts)Back in the 60s.
UTUSN
(70,783 posts)After putting long ones along the back and seat, then a smaller one for lumbar support. You just had to bring them in at night. We didn't have outdoor fabrics like we do now.
Seems they were like a sign of economic status to have them in your back yard or patio. My grandparents were well off so that's how I came to know those chairs, I guess.
Rhiannon12866
(206,694 posts)He had a big family, so there was one for each of his children. And it's also quite near the Adirondacks.
2naSalit
(86,918 posts)Along the eastern flank of the Adirondacks, closer to the shore and at the shore... we moved a lot.
Phoenix61
(17,025 posts)I've got long legs and they have a nice long seat. They are great for relaxing/napping in but not much good for anything else.
Polly Hennessey
(6,814 posts)Have one in my backyard. Long lazy afternoons enjoying the view and my dogs.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)They put my back at exactly the wrong angle.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)I don't love getting out of them but I love sitting in them so I guess that averages out to "like".
Have a couple on my front porch for the very rare occasion it's not too hot to sit and smoke a cigar and sip a scotch.
Wounded Bear
(58,773 posts)Absolutely hate them. Can't get up out of them any more. The knees just won't stand for it. Anything that low to the ground and I'd rather stand. That includes about 65% of couches out there, too.
ashling
(25,771 posts)they are a pain
rurallib
(62,478 posts)took one look at them and immediately thought that those weren't for me.
So I will take your word for it.
UTUSN
(70,783 posts)*while* you're in it, you get opposite curvature to the natural curves of your spine.